Let's get ambitious about transport projects: former minister

TORONTO -- Former Transport Minister David Collenette says now is the time to consider ambitious national transportation projects – like bridges or tunnels that would make it possible to drive straight from Vancouver Island to St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Can-Am truck trade up by over a third in March

WASHINGTON -- U.S.-Canada surface transportation trade totaled $42.1 billion in March, up 35.6 percent compared to March 2009.

TK offers annual parts rebates

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Thermo King is once again offering Canadian and U.S. customers rebates of up to $250 when they purchase qualifying parts for Thermo King and Carrier units from participating Thermo King dealerships.

Growing Payne: Winnipeg carrier acquires two fleets

WINNIPEG -- Payne Transportation plans to purchase two carriers in an effort to develop the Winnipeg-based fleet’s Specialized Division and compliment both the Open Deck and Dry Van Division.

Alberta rebates available for fuel efficient technology

CALGARY -- The cheque’s in the mail, or at least it could be, for Alberta truckers in the market for technology that will help them improve fuel efficiency.

OLRB keeps unionizing owner-ops

OTTAWA -- The Teamsters Canada penetrated further into the trucking industry last month as hundreds more owner-ops and drivers are on the verge of being unionized.

Green czar urges tax-shy politicians to OK tolls, carbon tax

TORONTO - - "Gord Miller has a degree in plants and wants everyone in Ontario to pay more money to drive.”

B-trains harmonized across western Canada

REGINA -- Saskatchewan has joined its westerly neighbors in increasing the weight limit for B-train combinations, bumping the payload for these units by 2.5 percent.

More trucking firms need to die, says CTA boss

TORONTO -- The president and CEO of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) says he’s surprised -- and disappointed -- more unsustainable trucking firms didn’t die in the months following the global economic collapse.

Blue Water backs public DRIC bridge in Windsor

SARNIA, Ont. -- The President of the Blue Water Bridge (BWB) linking Sarnia, Ont. and Port Huron, Mich. says he has no problem with a proposed new public-private bridge in nearby Windsor-Detroit.